Not only do women have more risk factors and causes of hair loss than men but they suffer more acutely from it.

Find out more about women’s hair loss at the American Hair Loss Association.

Younger women should take special note of the section on “Oral Contraceptives” and their effect on hair loss due to the elevated androgen levels that those drugs create.

It makes recommendations about the types of contraceptives women should consider especially if they are genetically predisposed to hair loss.

Educate yourself – make the best choice for you!

Christopher Denison
www.vollumaforwomen.com

The Three Do’s for thinning hair:

- Do make bangs a part of your life. Bangs are in. There was a day when the last thing we wanted was bangs. Now, they are not only the “in” thing for younger women, but they are also good for women with thinner hair on top. They give the illusion of more hair in the front. Ask your stylist to layer your bangs. This adds more volume, making your hair look thicker.

- Do have your stylist chop your hair. Before you go running for the door, chopping does not mean chopping all of your hair off. You will simply have your stylist cut your short hair into layers making sure that your ends are “choppy” or irregular. This style gives shape and movement to thin hair, adding volume in the right places.

- Do keep it short. Length pulls the hair down, making any thin areas more noticeable. Shorter hair makes it seem like you have more volume.

Here are Three Don’ts you should never do for thinning hair:

- Don’t dye your hair light blond. The lighter your hair, the more likely it will be that people will notice your scalp shining through. If you don’t want your thin areas to be evident to the entire world, consider a darker shade.

- Don’t weigh your hair down with too much conditioner or heavy hair products. There are several good brands of hair products that add volume and dimension to thin hair. They work by thickening the hair strand, making your hair feel fuller and softer.

- Don’t over process your hair. Some women love to bleach their hair every few weeks. Others love the volume that comes from perms. You need to love the hair you have by treating it kindly. Too many doses of bleach and permanent solution can cause damage to the hair shaft.

Treat yourself to a new hairstyle to go with your best outfit and you’ll be the belle of the ball at the next party – just vow to have so much fun that you’ll forget your anxiety.

Look Good, Feel Great!

Dale
www.vollumaforwomen.com

But perhaps your situation is different. Maybe your doctor has eliminated all potential medical causes, you have tried medications that did produce results to your satisfaction and your condition is considered permanent. At any rate, you are at the end of the road trying to re-grow your hair, you long for the return of your lost confidence and you need your hair “fixed”. Could you be a candidate for a hair transplant? Possibly, and even though only 13% of transplants worldwide are performed on women, the results are excellent.

Women under certain circumstances can be helped by hair transplant surgery. The current technology for hair transplantation allows only for the redistribution of existing hair. The particular challenge for women, with the diffuse type of thinning they experience, is that they typically lack the type of dense donor area (monk’s fringe) found in many balding men. The best transplant applications for women with sufficient donor area are the re-creation or thickening of an existing hair line or to minimize a scar or area of trauma. Hair transplants are typically not performed on women suffering from Alopecia Areata as those areas are prone to spontaneous re-growth.

Once you have decided that a hair transplant may be for you, and you have rationalized that even a relatively simple surgery such as this is not completely without risk or complications, look for a surgeon certified by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) or the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS). Ask for, and check references, the results of surgery are permanent and you want to be happy with results the first time.

Ask your surgeon about their experience – how long have they been performing transplants and how many surgeries have they performed on women? What does he or she recommend for you? How many surgeries will be required? Where will the hair will be harvested from, where it will be transplanted to? How many and what type of grafts will are recommended? How long will the healing process take and what results are ultimately to be expected – can they show you what you will look like? What will they do if you are not completely happy with the results? What is the cost for surgery and any post operative care?

Remember, hair replacement surgery simply redistributes your existing hair from areas of higher density to areas of lower density and no new hair is created however, combined with topical medications and cosmetic enhancers, hair replacement surgery could be just what the doctor ordered!